The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-26
Vermont Dairymen's Association.

The seventeenth annual meeting of the
Vermont Dairymen's Association was held
at St. Johnsbury on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of last week. 1t was one Of
the most successful of the kind ever held
in this state. There were over sixty speci-
mems of butter presented to compete for the
various prizes offered l.. L. Hazen of
Whitefeld, n. H., who milks one hundred
ten cows, was among the competitors.
The discussion Wednesday was miscel-
laneous sort of experience meeting j. r.
Walker of Springfield keeps Jersey cows,
and keeps cream from forty to sixty hours,
and salts half an ounce to the pound. He
has made winter dairying speciality and
feeds principally corn fodder and corn meal.
He thought corn fodder, as he used it, worth
as much as hay. He averages three hum
dred pounds per cow year. II. G. Smith
of the Board of Agriculture urged SyS-
tematc selecting ard feeding He believed
cows could be improved in this way much
as fast horses. A lady said somebody
claimed that there were twenty-five herds
of cows in this state that would make three
hundred pounds per COW; she claimed there
was that number in this county. j. X.
Gray made two thousand pounds of butter
per year from eighteen cows. j. X. Miller
makes three hundred fifty pounds per COW a
year, feeds meal and ensilage twice a day
and hay once day. A. w. Cheever of the
Ne,c Engldnd Farmer discussed the subject
of making granulated butter and quick
churning. In the evening Henry Lane read
an essay on the dairy, corn and feed.
Before a valuable return could be expected
the COW must receive supporting rations.
On the scale of fodder depends the profits
of his business. Figures were given how
this is to be done. f. S. Wood of Pomfret
said his butter ration did not vary much.
In the winter he gave three quarts of corn
meal, one quart of bran and one pint OF
cotton-seed meal day. He thought corn
meal made a difference in butter. Mr.
Wood further said he had used little
cotton-seed meal. "My cows average three
hundred pounds of butter year. My milk
has always been set in the old-fashioned
ten-quart shallow pans. ] have never
wanted any other kind L.. I. Hazen, Esq.
of Whitefield has dairy of seventy-eigh
cows which last year averaged two hundred
forty-two and one-half pounds of butter Il
the cow. /" feed corn meal mixed witt
bran. / think green oats make eXcellen
feed. / feed grain during the whole year
except perhaps, part of the month OF June
Think cotton-seed meal makes a differenc,
in the butter. / have fed it, but shall neve
feed any more Of it," Others gave thei
experience.
Thursday morning Professor Cooke of thu
State Board of Agriculture, gave the prac
tical working of the experiment station
He thought that in this state bone meal wa
the cheapest fertilizer and urged the intro
duction of Canadian roche, which contained
seventy-fve per cent of phosphate. Bon
meal was not perfect fertilizer; it needle,
the addition of some farm fertilizer. Thi
point was discussed at length The valu
of ashes was discussed by several Mr.
Williams gave an interesting account of tn
way in which he brought up a worn-ou
farm. He top-dressed largely with Stock
bridge fertilizer at first until his stock fu,
nished manure.
The discussion was opened in the after
noon by &. w. Wolcott of Massachusetts
who spoke on swine. He considered then
profitable on dairy farms Some feed i
connection with skinned milk. They vii
furnish more and better manure at less eS
pense than any other animal He had a
times kept one hundred twenty cows am
eleven hundred swine. He let them run o
land that he wanted enriched. In regar
to breed he said: | prefer a cross of tn
small Yorkshire and Berkshire. | prefe
the latter for mothers and use on my ow
place, high grades, topped with pure bloode
bears either Berkshire or Yorkshire, til
latter when white pigs are demanded.
A general discussion followed in whic
Mr.. Wolcott said that in lot of four and
half acres he had sixty-fve hogs. This IL
he fenced with wire. Shelter is provide
only enough to break the force of the SUI
The highest price of his pork this fall wa
six and three-fourth cents per pounC
dressed II. w. Vail spoke on the adval
tages OF small dairy over the creamery
by small dairy. He fed both ensilage an
Cotton-seed meal.
In the evening A. w. Cheever of I'll
Nelo Engidnd Farmer read an essay q
grasses.
Friday morning, W. l, Simonds of Ro,
bury, VT, advocated ensilaging corn. ID
Pierce of Phillipston, Mass, delivered a
address on cooperative dairying; j.
HENDERSON and o. M. Tinkham advance
some ideas on the subject; Mr.. Nelson
Ryegate gave an account of the Ryega
creamery; G.. b. Williams said that sin
the cream-gathering plan began in 1880 /
creameries had failed. After recess it W
unanimously voted that the money receive
as premiums on the Vermont dairym'
exhibits at the New Orleans expositio
amounting to 500, be given to Mr. Tin
ham as a testimonial of appreciation
the Dairymen's Association. Mr.. Tinkha
responded The following officers we
elected; President, o. NJ. Tinkham of POI
fret; vice-presidents, G.. b. Williams
Walpole, n. H., Cloud Harvey of We
Barnet, j. r. HENDERSON of Peacham; secl